VOORHEES — Alex Lyon didn’t have the typical goalie’s locker stall in Tuesday’s practice. He had a narrower one that’s usually reserved for skaters that don’t require large leg pads or a chest protector.

Lyon’s stint with the Flyers, his third recall this season, isn’t expected to be long. It might be his most important, though.

The team put goalie Brian Elliott on injured reserve Tuesday, retroactive to his last game a week ago so he could be activated once his “lower-body injury” is recovered. With a back-to-back scenario up first for the Flyers out of the All-Star break, it might be the right time for Lyon to make his NHL debut after signing with the club in April 2016 out of Yale University.

The Flyers had hoped to split the two games between Elliott and Michal Neuvirth. It appears the plan hasn’t changed with Neuvirth and Lyon.

“It’s a different situation,” coach Dave Hakstol said, “but there’s still a strong possibility that both guys will play one.

“If we need him, he’ll play. Bottom line. And he’s ready to play and we have confidence in him.”

And Lyon has confidence in himself, certainly more than he did when he was first recalled in early December. He spent 20 days with the Flyers and the extra time with Flyers goalie coach Kim Dillabaugh helped put his game back together.

He hadn’t exactly been tearing it up for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in his sophomore season to that point. In eight appearances since that recall, Lyon has a .936 save percentage.

“It’s just all about confidence,” Lyon said. “I’ve said it before but I think every goalie in the AHL and NHL has similar tools and it’s just all about mentality and that confidence. Everything’s been going really well since I’ve been here last. Just gonna focus on the process and have trust in it.”

Like any player in the minors or any player who has been recalled to the NHL, Lyon has long dreamed of making his NHL debut. At age 25, with NCAA experience and a year in the AHL under his belt, he appears mature enough to handle the potential of his debut with a stable mindset.

“There are certain things that go along with your first start, but I think the most healthy way to do it is to treat every day the same, every game and every practice like you’re trying to stop every single puck that comes at you,” Lyon said. “If you do that, the rest will take care of yourself.”

Neuvirth, who missed Monday’s practice with a stomach virus, said “the worst is behind” him and he is the likely starter Wednesday against his former Washington Capitals team. That would likely pit Lyon against the New Jersey Devils, if he gets in a game.

Farewell to Jags

Jaromir Jagr’s one year in Philadelphia left quite an impression. It was the season the Flyers hosted the Winter Classic and the last time they won a playoff series. Claude Giroux had a career season and so did Scott Hartnell, who then got a big raise in the offseason.

Now Jagr’s time in the NHL is up…maybe. He’s left before and this time — he turns 46 in two weeks — it could be for good. The Calgary Flames put the wheels in motion to cut ties and send him back to his home team in Kladno, Czech Republic.

Monday, general manager Ron Hextall lauded Jagr’s commitment to personal fitness that allowed him to play so long. Jagr’s been playing so long that he played on the Czech national team twice with Radko Gudas’ father Leo in the 1990 World Championships and 1991 Canada Cup.

“When he laced up the skates, every kid in Czech wanted to be Jagr. Watching his career, those 24, 25 years, it’s something not a lot of people can accomplish,” Gudas said. “He’s been a legend in Czech and it’s been fun to watch him. We’ll see where he finishes the season, but I think for him the question is where he’s gonna be next season.

“I think if he wants to he could be the president back home. That’s how big of a name he is and everybody respects him a lot.”

Things ramp up

Unlike in recent years, the Flyers are already in a playoff spot at the All-Star break. It’s not a sign they can take their foot off the gas pedal, but certainly a more comfortable spot than chasing teams.

They’re also facing division opponents in 17 of their final 33 games, so the margin of error has become minute.

“I think everything tightens up as you move forward from here on in and it will continue to do so as everything ramps up,” Hakstol said. “I think it does that on a step-by-step basis throughout the year and now as you get to post-All-Star-Game time and the last third of the schedule for everyone, everything ramps up.”